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laffed and gave father a pair of new
britches, and we went home. father felt pretty good about it, it dont
seam rite, i got a lickin and got my legs all blew and it wont come of,
and father got a new pair of britches for nothing. enny way one of these
pickerel waid a pound.
Sept. 21. tonite i went over to Beanys. Mister Watson Beanys father
was leening his head on his hand and i stumped Beany to pull his elbo
out. and we nearly dide laffing to think about it and by and by Beany
got up his spunk and pulled his elbo out and his head came rite down
on the table and he jumped up and grabed Beany and hit him some
good bats and sent him to bed and told me to go home and never come
over there ennymore. so i cant go with Beany ennymore. the coler
hasent gone out of my legs.

Sept. 22. Rany. the coler has begun to go of my legs.
Sept. 23. Rany as time. we got some soft sope of old man Currier today
and the coler is most gone.
Sept. 24. It is all gone now.
Sept. 25. Lubbin Smith and Geen Titcum got fiting at resess today and
the bell rung before eether had licked. i bet on Lubbin. i went down for
some more pikerel today but the river is two deep now.
Sept. 26. i went to church today. they issent enny fun sundays.
Sept. 27, 186- Brite and fair. today we was playing football at school
and Whacker got rooted agenst Colbaths barn and hit his head whack
and fell down jest as if he was ded, and old Francis came running out
and grabed him up and put water on his head and then he waked up and
was all rite but he had a headake.
Sept. 28. Rany as time. father has sold Nelly to old Si Smith. she was
lame in her hind leg and when she stands in the stable she holds her
hind leg up in the air all the time, and when she goes out she limps
auful but after she goes a while she aint lame. so last nite father hiched
her up and took me and we drove over to Wire Shaws in Kensington
and when we came back he took out the whip and hit her under the
belly with it 2 times and you aught to see her go. when we came to old
Si Smiths she was going like old Billy Robinsons troter. then father
turned round and drove up to Sis and old Si and Shep Hodgden and
Gimmy Biddle and Charles Fifield was there and father said this will
make jest the horse you want for your store and old Si said she aint
biger than a rat and father said i gess she is big enuf to carry out all
your lodes unless you put down your price, and then they all laffed at
Si, and then Si said she was a puller and father said what do you want
Josiar one that you have to push, and then they laffed agen and when
father called him Josiar i know Si had better look out for when father
calls me Henry i know i am in for a liking. then Si said she is lame in
every leg and father said you get in here and drive her and if she goes a
lame step i will give her to you, and old Si said to Shep and Gimmy

you get in and drive her and they got in and drove off and father said he
wood take 50 dolars for her and old Si said he wood give 35 dolars for
her and they talked and talked and then Shep and Gimmy came back
and said she went all rite and old Si said he wood give father 40 dolars
and father said she was worth 50 but as Si was a nabor he wood like to
acomodate him. well old Si was counting out the money when he said
he bet she was a kicker father said she is kind as a kitten and dont bite
or kick dont she Harry and i said she cant kick becaus she always holds
up one leg in the stall, and old Si said whats that and i told him how she
coodent kick becaus she held up one leg, and then Gimmy and Shep
and Charlie Fifield and old Mister Page all laffed and hollered and
stamped round and slaped their legs and said that is a good one, and old
Si stoped counting his money and swore aufully and father looked
auful mad for a minit and